I'm not completely invalidating this, but an alternative explanation for the Sam kill is to put pressure on WELUVMYUKA based on their inexperience in Mafia.YyottaCat wrote:
Let’s take a closer look here.
Sam’s last action was to make an inquiry on WELUVMYUKA. This leaves some possibility for them to convince their teammate to help with taking a vengeful action.
If this is true, this may raise suspicion towards the experienced players, but this is just another possible explanation and I may be overanalysing this